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FLIGHT, FEBRUARY 1, 1984 B,R IE F K A AAIR POST STAMPS By DOUGLAS ARMSTRONG (Editor of " Stamp Collecting ") Air Stamp Values An event of some importance tocollectors of air post stamps and covers has been the appearancealmost simultaneously during the past month of new editions of tin-two standard air mail catalogues, the one in English emanating fromthe house of D. Field and the other in French published byChampion of Paris. Both art excellent in their respective fields,and one or other is a sheer neces- sity for the collector who wishesto keep au fait with the fluctua- tions of the market. The ordinarystamp catalogue is of very littL" service to aero-philatelists, sine*,it takes no account of " flown covers," " semi-officials " andsimilar items peculiar to the air post cult. All these extraneousobjects are to be found, however, listed and priced in the twospecialised catalogues referred to which are exceedingly helpfulguides to relative rarity. It must always be bornein mind, however, that the prices quoted in these firms' catalogues are selling and not buying prices,and that in some cases the margin between the two is very considerable. Generally speaking, fewincreases are recorded, which is but natural in view of Ihe economic and financial situation, coupled with the factthat America is temporarily " out of the market." On the other hand, there are no sensational reductions exceptin the case of what are known as " fancy flights," that is to say, air mail flights which served no real postal purposeand were carried out largely with an eye to possible sales of " flown covers " to air post enthusiasts with more cashthan discrimination. All things considered, the air stamp market has held up remarkably well, and there are pros-pects of a definite revival following the holding in London of a great international air mail exhibition (A.P.E.X.)next May. A Pioneer Balloon Post Much interest has been aroused among air post studentsover the discovery of a hitherto unrecorded balloon post which was carried out at Beckenham (Kent) at the timeof King Edward's Coronation in 1902. A mail of some 300 specially prepared postcards was taken up by theaeronaut Gaudron, bearing the inscription, " From the Clouds per Balloon Post," and packages were droppednear Leeds Castle (Maidstone), Lenham and St. Margaret's Bay (Dover). Only a very few examples of these balloonpostcards seem to have been preserved, and the writer would be interested to hear from any reader of FLIGHTwho possesses one. The "Emeraude " Air Mail Tragic mementos of the ill-fated air liner Emeraude,which came to grief on the last stage of her flight from Saigon to Paris, exist in the form of letters salved fromthe wreck of the burning plane and were received in London at the end of last week. In addition to the depar-ture postmark of Saigon-Central, dated January 4, they bear a rectangular cachet, struck in violet, containing theinscription, " Courrier Rapide—" Emeraude "—Saigon- Paris," enclosed by a double-lined frame. Air Stamps from Kuwait < Although Imperial Airways aeroplanes on the London-bidia route have been calling at Kuwait, on the Persian Gulf, since the middle of December, 1932, the local agencyof the Indian post office has only now been supplied with contemporary air mail stamps of British India over-printed for use there, with the name " Kuwait " in bold sans-serif characters. The three denominations suppliedid this form comprise 2 annas grey-blue, 3 annas blue, and 4 annas olive. YOOR RETOURZENDING ADRESSEEREN AAN: R POSTERIJEN DOENC THE DUTCH INDIES FLIGHT : A card flown out (originally in the Postjagger) to Bandoeng and back to Holland per the Pelikaan. Note the special Dutch and Dutch Indies 30 c. stamps. Germany's New Air Stamps The German post office will shortly put in circulation anew set of air post stamps in an original design showing an eagle flying over the world, flanked by portraits ofCount Zeppelin and Otto Lilienthal, whom the Germans claim as the inventor of controlled flight. G.P.O. Vetoes Private Air Stamps By virtue of its mail carrying contract with the Post-master-General, the Great Western Railway Company was able to substantiate its right to provide distinctive stampsfor denoting the special fee of 3d. levied upon letters carried over the experimental air service operated betweenCardiff, Plymouth, Birmingham, etc., last summer. Not so the Provincial Air Services, who attempted to carryout a similar service between London, Southampton and Plymouth in November, 1933. The General Post Office hasnotified the concern that in issuing an air post label re- sembling a postage stamp an infringement of the post officemonopoly has been committed, but that in consideration of that fact that this was done unwittingly and regrethas been expressed by the proprietors for this breach of the regulations, " no further action will be tak_en." In the circumstances, there would appear to be littlelikelihood of further private issues of air post vignettes in Great Britain, except where the services are in the handsof railway or steamship companies, and this may tend further to enhance the interest and value of the vetoedlabels in the eyes of air post collectors. <. •> .> * INCREASE OF CAPITAL CIRRUS-HERMES ENGINEERING CO., LTD (Aeronautical, mechanicaland electrical engineers, etc., Amberley House, Norfolk Street. W.C.2).— The nominal capital has been increased by the addition of £30,000 in £1ordinary shares beyond the registered capital of £20,000. •:• •> • • PATENT AERONAUTICAL SPECIFICATIONS Abbreviations: Cyl. = cylinder; i.e. = internal combustion ; m. = motors(The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specification will be printed and abridged, etc.) APPLIED FOR IN 1932 Published February 1, 1934 FAIREY AVIATION CO., LTD., and A. G. FORSYTH. Hubs for aircraft propellers. (404,135.) • :; . .. APPLIED FOR IN 1933 Published February 1,1934 FAIREY AVIATION CO., LTD., and M. F. HUXLEY. Aerofoil surfaces. (404,149.) F. GALLEGO Y. HERRERA. Flying-machines. (404,166.)C. LORENZ AKI.-GES. Systems and apparatus for landing aircraft by the use of electromagnetic Waves. (404,167.)20,152. A. SMOLIK. Arrangement of fixed forwardly firing-guns on aircraft. (404,224.) 36,328. 3,223. 7,732. 7,978. 116
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